Hammock.



S. W. WAGNER.

HAMMOCK.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.2, 1912.

L136MEH, Patented Apr. 27, 1915.

[a wwzfw IHE NORRIS PE FERS CO., PHGTO-LITHO.. WASHINGIYIM n ,Boston, in the county of Suffolk and ()FFICE.

SAMUEL W. WAGNER, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

I-IAMMOCK.

Application filed August 2, 1912. Serial No. 712,939.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, SAMUEL W. WAGNER, a citizen of the United States, residin in ommonwealth of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Hammock, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in hammocks which are hung up by the two ends to sit or recline in: and the object of my improvements is, first, to provide a hammock in which one or more persons can sit, lie or recline in a comfortable position or manner without being crowded together, or slipping, or settling into the middle or lowest part of the hammock: second, to provide means to keep the hammock always extended its full width: and third, to provide a'hammock which can be adjusted to give the head and body any elevation or angle desired.

I attained my objects by the device illustrated by the accompanying drawing, in which-- Figure 1 is a general plan view of the hammock: Fig. 2 is a vertical view of the hammock as it appears when hung for use: Fig. 3 is a detailed view of the frame C, which forms the central part of the hammock. Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

The central portion of the hammock A, is a rigid frame C of wood or piping or other suitable material, over which is tightly stretched the material of which the body of the hammock is chiefly composed, such as leather, duck, strong cloth or webbing, or other suitable material. The end sections of the hammock B B, are made chiefly of the same material as is used to cover the frame C of A.

In the hammock illustrated the frame G is of wood, covered with strong duck, and B B of strong duck, with wooden bars a a, which pass through hems or pockets 6 b. A cord at extends along each side of each end section B and preferably these cords are received in hems e formed on the edge of the end sections. These hems can be of considerable width if desired to give added strength. The cords d are made fast at their outer ends to the bars a and at their inner ends they pass down outside of the frame C and around the end of lugs f that are secured to the underside of the frame, the ends of the cords being fastened to the frame in any suitable way. The lugs f prevent the cords d from slipping. The end It is to be noted that each end section B" is sewed to the coveringof section A on a line spaced inwardly from the adjacent side member of the frame as clearly indicated in Figs. 1 and 2 so that the end sections and the covering of the frame unite to forma continuous hammock body portion or seat portion extending longitudinally under tension and flexible both longitudinally and transversely at all points. The flexibility in both directions is reduced at the central portion by the frame but it is not entirely overcome even at the points where the end sections are sewed to the covering of the frame. By this construction when the hammock is supported in the usual way, as illustrated in Fig. 2, the transverse bars of the frame are sufficiently spaced from the seat portion of the hammock so that one reclining in the hammock will not be annoyed or discomforted by the transverse bars. .To further insure the user against discomfort, the side bars of the frame are beveled as indicated at H in Fig. 3. The central portion longitudinally of the hammock is held transversely extended by the frame and the end portions by the bars a, the hammock thus being held transversely extended so that two or more persons may recline therein without sliding transversely of the hammock into the center thereof. In the preferred form, the frame is relatively short, so that the hammock partakes rather of the nature of an ordinary hammock than of the so-called couch hammock in. which the frame extends substantially the length of the hammock and the ends are fastened to the frame and provide rather back rests 7 than body supports.

I claim as my invention:

1. A hammock comprising a body portion of canvas or similar material extending longitudinally under tension the length of the hammock, said body portion comprising a central and two end sections, spreaders at each end holding said end sections transversely extended, said central section being ofrelatively less length than the end sections, and a central frame comprising side members and transverse members situated beneath the central section, the latter being secured both to the side and transverse members of the frame whereby the central section 'is held under tension in both a longitudinal and transverse direction, said frame having a dimension in the direction of the length of the hammock greater than the distance between the adjacent ends of the end sections whereby the transverse members of the frame are situated below the end sections and are spacedbeyond the'inner edges I thereof to an extent sufiicientto prevent contact of the occupant of the hammock therewith.

21A-couch hammock comprising a rectangular frame covered with canvas, duck or like material and end sections of similar material secured to the covering of said frame along lines-parallel to but spaced inwardly from the side'members of said frame to an Copies of. this patent maybe obtained for extent sufiicient to prevent contact of the occupant of the hammock with said rectangular frame, whereby said end sections and the covering of said frame cooperate to provide a continuous body portion or scat flexible longitudinally and transversely.

3. A couch hammock comprising a rectangular frame covered with canvas, duck or like material, end sections of similar ma- SAMUEL W. WAGNER.

WVitnesses GEORGE A. POTTLE, HELEN P. NICHOLS.

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